Peter GelderloosThey Will Beat the Memory Out of Us
Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements
Peter Gelderloos is a writer and social movement participant. He is the author of The Solutions are Already Here: Strategies for Ecological Revolution from Below, How Nonviolence Protects the State, Anarchy Works, The Failure of Non-Violence, and Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation. He has contributed chapters to anthologies Keywords for Radicals and Riots and Militant Occupations. His books have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Russian, German, Greek and Serbo-Croat.
Introduction: Memory, Disembodied
1. They Will Beat the Memory Out of Us
The Tipping Point
Statues
Sparks
2. They Will Promise a Future They Can Never Deliver
The Snare
Regeneration
The Reset
3. But We are Here, Surviving, Remembering, Passing On the Torch
Accompaniment or Loss?
Learning From Our Ancestors
Conclusion: Surviving Together